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2008-05-13 Iraq

US troops to help 'deluded' British in southern Iraq

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-13 00:17|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 N.B.: The University of Arizona is in Tucson, a notoriously Democrat enclave in Arizona. It is the chief rival of Arizona State in Tempe, a notable Republican stronghold.

I would hazard to guess that somebody from ASU came up with that particular slang. They also have a very strong ROTC program at ASU, and produce a larger than typical number of combat arms graduates.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-13 00:22|| 2008-05-13 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 an unnamed senior offical and an "American slang" term that few if any have heard of.

Hmmmmm.

Seeing as how reporters like to make up quotes, I'm suspicious of this story.

Posted by Sninert Black9312 2008-05-13 00:53|| 2008-05-13 00:53|| Front Page Top

#3 This smells of make up bullshite.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-13 01:30|| 2008-05-13 01:30|| Front Page Top

#4 I suspect 'moose & SB are correct. 'American slang,' eh? Nowhere outside of Tempe, I'd bet. Some Scum Devil puke fed a naive reporter a line and he swallowed it hook, line, and sinker. And yes, I am a proud (but completely unbiased, of course!) U of A grad.

Posted by PBMcL 2008-05-13 01:35|| 2008-05-13 01:35|| Front Page Top

#5 The article was written by Damien McElroy. Anybody know his reputation or what he believes in? Is he trying to goad the British into doing something that might raise eyebrows? Is he trying to pi$$ off the Brits?

Posted by gorb 2008-05-13 02:34|| 2008-05-13 02:34|| Front Page Top

#6 FYI Moose, for all my decades in and around the Army, and the military in general (in joint commands), I have NEVER heard that phrase.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-13 09:02|| 2008-05-13 09:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Not a big fan of the Australians or the Brits it would seem.

Posted by Waldemar Clins3221 2008-05-13 09:04|| 2008-05-13 09:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Damien McElroy. Anybody know his reputation

He seemed fair in previous articles. There's no evidence he's making anything up. It's no secret that the US military thinks the British approach had failed. It's just that the soldiers have refrained from commenting in public about it.

Posted by ed 2008-05-13 09:17|| 2008-05-13 09:17|| Front Page Top

#9 I never heard that phrase about U of Arizona and I went to a PAC-10 school. I bet it was an ASU graduate messing with a brit journalist. Good for him.

Posted by Penguin 2008-05-13 09:19|| 2008-05-13 09:19|| Front Page Top

#10 you guys want spin, the DT is tory, and would want to make Blair/Brown look bad.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-05-13 09:24|| 2008-05-13 09:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Never heard that phrase either. Being Fucked up as a soup sandwich, yes.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-13 09:43|| 2008-05-13 09:43|| Front Page Top

#12 On the other hand, who wants to die immediately before a pull out? Frankly, I care more for the oil reserves than for the locals.

Posted by McZoid 2008-05-13 12:40|| 2008-05-13 12:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Sounds to me like McElroy is a puke from America's Sports University.

From my recollection ROTC is very big at the U of A too.

"Bear Down Arizona"

Posted by BoWowBoy">BoWowBoy 2008-05-13 18:07|| 2008-05-13 18:07|| Front Page Top

#14 McElroy is a Brit. Long time foreign correspondent, lived in a variety of places & published in lots of major papers.

Posted by lotp 2008-05-13 18:33|| 2008-05-13 18:33|| Front Page Top

#15 ION BIGNEWSNETWORK > IRAN SHELLS KURDISH REBEL POSITIONS [again] IN NORTHERN IRAQ.

Divert from Hizbullah in Lebanon???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-13 23:14|| 2008-05-13 23:14|| Front Page Top

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